Richard Bak, author of Detroitland: A Collection of Movers, Shakers, Lost Souls, and History Makers from Detroit's Past, will speak and signing copies of his new book at the Northville District Library at 7:00 pm.

Patrick Livingston will be doing a reading from Summer Dreams at the Sterling Heights Public Library on May 16 at 7 p.m.

Join Mary Jane Doerr in an event celebrating her book, Bay View.

301 Traverse Street, Elk Rapids, MI

Terry Blackhawk, author of The Light Between and The Dropped Hand,  will be presenting a workshop at the Loft Poetry Conference (May 18–20, 2012) at the Loft Literary Center in Minneapolis. Visit www.loft.org for details.

Jean Alicia Elster, author of Who’s Jim Hines?, with sell and sign copies of her book at the Flint Public Library Book Expo 2012 located at 1026 E. Kearsley, Flint, MI, from 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. More info at www.fpl.info.

Katherine Yung, co-author of Coney Detroit, will be available for a book signing at George's Senate Coney Island in Northville on Saturday, May 19, from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. The restaurant is located at  39430 Dun Rovin Dr, Northville, MI 48168-3475

Sheila Carter-Jones, author of Three Birds Deep, will be reading along Judith Brice, Lois Greenberg, and Shirley Snodey on May 22 as a part of a Celebrating First Books reading. This is event part of the 2012 Hemignway's Summer Reading Series which takes place every Tuesday, May through July, at 8:00 p.m. The event is located at 3911 Forbes Avenue (in the backroom) in Oakland, MI. It is free and open to the public and there is an open mic after most readings.

"Visions of Bay View: The Exhibit"  Photography by Robert Cleveland (Bay View, An American Idea) Petoskey District Library, Petoskey, Michigan, May 28 through September 13, 2012.

Mary Jane Doerr, author of Bay View, will be at the Petoskey Public Library on May 31st from 1-5 pm.  This will be the opening reception for the "Visions of Bay View" exhibit. Doerr will be available to sign copies of her book.

Joe Grimm and Katherine Yung, authors of Coney Detroit, will speak about their book and sign copies at the Wyandott Rotary Club ( 81 Chestnut Street, Wyandotte, MI 48192 ) on June 5th, 2012. The event begins at 12:00 noon.

Includes lunch. $10. Advance registration required. Contact 269-217-9601 or mike@debiak.com

Richard Bak, author of Detroitland: A Collection of Movers, Shakers, Lost Souls, and History Makers from Detroit's Past, will be speaking about his book and signing copies at the Sterling Heights Public Library on June 7th at 7pm.

Mary Jane Doerr will be giving a presentation on Bay View: An American Idea at the Crooked Tree Library at Walloon Lake.

Railroad St , Walloon Lake, MI

Mary Jane Doerr, author of Bay View: An American Idea, will be at the International Hemingway Society Conference, June 17 through June 24, in Bay View, Michigan.

Wayne State University Press will be exhibiting and selling books at the 2012 Upper Peninsula History Conference which will be held in Sault Ste. Marie, June 22-24.

Join us for the inaugural Midtown Literary Walk--a strolling afternoon of literature at several venues in our Midtown neighborhood. A range of authors--from poets to rock 'n roll historians--will read from their latest work and books will be available for purchase  and signing.

Sponsored by Wayne State University Press, the WSU Student Budget Committee, the Wayne Writers Forum of WSU, the WSU Department of English, Poets & Writers. Inc. through their Midwest-Detroit Readings Programs Grant and the WSU Motown Learning Community.

12:00 pm Detroit Artists Market (4719 Woodward Ave.)
Terry Blackhawk, Teresa Scollon & Philip Sterling 

1:00 Leonard N. Simons Building / WSU Press (4809 Woodward Ave.)
Melba Joyce Boyd & Dorene O'Brien (Sponsored by Poets & Writers)

2:00 WSU Welcome Center (42 W. Warren)
Susan Whitall, Kevin John & Brett Callwood 

3:00 WSU Department of English (5057 Woodward Ave., 10th Floor Conference Room)
Blues Poetry with Bill Harris, Robert Jones & M. L. Liebler 

4:00 WSU Welcome Center (42 W. Warren)
Anne Marie Oomen, francine harris, Maria Maziotti Gillan & Jim Daniels from new fiction book

Mary Jane Doerr will be giving a presentation on Bay View: An American Idea at the Crooked Lake Yacht Club.

Ghost Writers: Us Haunting Them contributors Anne-Marie Oomen, Elizabeth Schmuhl, Keith Taylor will read from their book at the Grand Rapids Great Reads event on August 1, 2012, starting at 7:00pm.

Jean Alicia Elster, author of Who’s Jim Hines?, with sell and sign copies of her book at the 4 th  Annual Reading Rocks in Rockford Festival located in downtown Rockford, Michigan in the Garden Park Authors’ Row at the picturesque Rogue River Dam, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Sponsored by Rockford Rotary, Rockford Area Schools, Krause Memorial Library, and The Rockford Education Foundation.

Jean Alicia Elster, author of Who’s Jim Hines?, will participate in the Detroit Working Writers Conference From Passion to Profession at the Clinton-Macomb Public Library, 40900 Romeo Plank Road, Clinton Twp., MI 48038. She will lead the workshop “Writing for Young Adults: Don’t Waste Your Time,” 1:40 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.

To register or for more info http://www.detworkingwriters.org/conference.htm

Joe Grimm and Katherine Yung, authors of Coney Detroit, will speak about their book and sign copies at the Rochester Hills Public Library from 7-8:30 p.m. on September 18, 2012.

WSU Press will be exhibiting and selling books at the 138th Annual State History Conference September 28-30, 2012 in Monroe, MI.

WSU Press will be exhibiting books at the annual Great Lakes Independet Booksellers Association conference October 3-5, 2012 in Minneapolis, MN.

Join us at the annual Wayne State University Press Fall Fundraising event which takes place on October 10, 2012 at the historic St. Paul Cathedral on Woodward Ave in Detroit, MI. More information to come, please save the date!

Wayne State University Press will be exhibiting and selling books at the American Folklore Society Conference in New Orleans, October 24-27, 2012.

Jean Alicia Elster, author of Who’s Jim Hines?, will lead a writing workshop at the Lenox Township Library (58976 Main Street, New Haven, MI 48048). The workshop, 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m., is titled “Writing for Children: Do You Really Like Kids?” For more info http://www.lenoxlibrary.org/ or call Karen White-Owens 586-749-3430.